Flashback to April 2009.
These posts are still relevant after 8 years!
Running for Office — Trump isn’t fit for a water board in the same way Devin Nunes is an idiot (he appears in Man-made Drought) LADWP Raises Rates — a massive fail I discuss further here.
Perception vs.
Related: Behavior Modification (not!
), Read This Paper on Demand Management!, Dangerous Consultants (fail), Water is Too Cheap!
vs The Value of Water, How to Live on Less, Mehan Speaks Truth!, Misleading Headlines (demand down, $/unit up?!)
Two good films: Thirst and Water First.
The Black Swan — The Review — we don’t understand risk.
Reality — the Delta "thing" has been debated for awhile.

Mai Dubai to double up on bottled water production.
Mai Dubai, which is owned by the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), on Sunday said it will more than double its current production capacity next year as it hopes to gain a larger portion of the bottled water market in the UAE.
The expansion plans will be carried out in two phases to increase efficiency through fully automated warehouses for finished goods and raw material, including a monorail spanning 1 kilometre.
At the end of last July, Dewa said Mai Dubai could produce 16 million units and would expand to 50 million units by 2020, based on a planned additional investment of Dh600 million.
"We’ll get new equipment for the factory as we believe this will be a key to our ongoing competitiveness and pursuit of innovative solutions," said Jay Andres, the chief executive of Mai Dubai.
The UAE bottled water industry is shifting from dominant players as competition heats up.
According to Euromonitor, Masafi Mineral Water led the bottled water industry, taking 27 per cent of the market share last year.
However, the company is losing steam as it prices products at a premium in comparison to other suppliers such as National Food Products’ Oasis and Agthia’s Al Ain.
"After three years since the launch of Mai Dubai, it has become a very popular brand and one of the leading bottled drinking water companies in the UAE in record time," said Saeed Al Tayer, managing director and chief executive of Dewa.
"The project will allow Mai Dubai to raise the level of competition in the bottled water industry, locally and globally, by implementing best practices and the latest technologies in this field."

Where do I send my bottled water bill?.
Where do I send my receipts so the city can reimburse me for the expensive bottled water my family and I have been and will continue to buy so that we don’t have to ingest fluoride and suffer the side effects?
Or we can continue to drink it and send on our medical bills?
The residents of this, the 12th richest town in America per the latest Bloomberg report, surely won’t mind that use of their tax dollars.
Better yet, we can spend what we save on water/medicine to move somewhere where concern for public health prevails and we are not mass medicated with anything so controversial and so unproven.
What’s next here?
Sedatives in our water to keep us all happy enough to be totally unaware of or caring about what our city does?
Just think, if the city didn’t have to pay for our bottled water, they might have the funds to refinance the bankrupt transit system, finish the Bridge to Nowhere or redesign some dangerous intersections.
Betsy Philiben Durango

Pepsi to sell bottled water at same MRP across India: Paswan.
Food Ministry’s push for the same maximum retail price (MRP) for packed food and beverages has led to Pepsi promising to sell its mineral water at one rate across the country.
Paswan said action can be taken under the law for having dual MRP on any product and consumer courts are already taking action.
“Dual MRP is against the law.
Pepsi has said that it will sell ‘Acquafina’ mineral water at one price or MRP across the country.
BCCI has also directed that all bottled water will be sold at MRP in its cricket stadiums,” he told reporters here.
The BCCI secretary has also issued a circular that bottled water will not be sold at price higher than the MRP, he said, adding that the ministry has started getting success after its effort against “dual MRP”.
Last month, the Consumer Affairs Department had sought explanation from companies selling packaged mineral water for having different MRPs of bottles for various places.
It had directed that the sale price should be same at airports, hotels and malls.
“Mineral water bottle will be available at the same rate at airports, hotels and malls,” Paswan had tweeted.

Why is Trader Joe’s Wine Cheaper Than Bottled Water?.
Shoppers have tried to guess whether their store brand mac and cheese is actually made by a major food label going incognito.
But the biggest mystery of Trader Joe’s may be in their liquor section, where their store-endorsed line of Charles Shaw wine sells for as little as $1.99 a bottle in some markets.
The Charles Shaw label came to represent quality among wine aficionados, and his business grew to include 115 acres by the late 1980s.
With his business bankrupt, Shaw submitted to an auction of the winery’s assets.
The trade name was purchased by Fred Fanzia, owner of the Bronco Wine Company.
Bronco sells more than 80 different wine labels at varying price points.
His line of Charles Shaw wines debuted in Trader Joe’s stores in 2002 and sold for $1.99 a bottle in many markets, which quickly earned it the nickname “Two Buck Chuck.” Wine connoisseurs debated the practicality of offering quality wine at such a low price; college students filled up grocery carts with them.
Most importantly, the grapes are machine-harvested, which keeps costs down but might result in a more sugar-laden wine.
Bronco also keeps shipping costs low by using lightweight bottles.

Will These Edible Water Balloons Replace Plastic Bottles?.
Plastic bags, plastic packaging…and or course, the most common of all: plastic bottles.
And that statistic is just bottled water.
Advertisement However, a group of scientists have worked on a solution, one that may just help change the fate of our environment.
Therefore anytime we’re craving a little H2O, we can soon reach for a small squishy ball of water— with what looks like the consistency of a grape — instead of a bottle.
Or you can plop one in your mouth and eat the covering for an instant fix.
The lab launched a crowdfunding page, which more than met its goal.
Ooho is an edible packaging, a 100% natural, biodegradable material made from seaweed.
is a sustainable packaging alternative to plastic bottles and cups, made from a seaweed extract.
Ooho sachets are flexible packets of water, drunk by tearing a hole and pouring into your mouth, or consumed whole.

Getting a job is like dating.
Your first job like your first date (or relationship) is unlikely to be your last.
Your value in your eyes is not the same as your value in the eyes of others (for better or for worse), so it takes times to find the right "match."
When it’s a seller’s market, then that girl may be competing with lots of other girls to get a guy’s attention or that firm may be competing with other firms to get employees.
Put in the time to show your value.
University graduates who refuse jobs that are "below them" lose out on experiences and opportunities.
Not all dates work out but some are fun and others are "learning experiences."
Make sure that each time you switch partners you do better for yourself When you’re older you will see younger people making lots of dating mistakes.
If you’re in the job market, you’re dating.
Make sure you get your money’s worth because many masters programs only see you as a revenue source.

Council bans bottled water from city buildings.
City of Powell River council has voted to ban the sale of single-use plastic bottled water inside its civic buildings.
Councillors CaroleAnn Leishman, Karen Skadsheim, Rob Southcott and Russell Brewer voted in favour while Maggie Hathaway and Jim Palm voted against the ban.
Powell River Youth Council forwarded a recommendation last month that the sale of single-use bottled water be banned at Powell River Recreation Complex and city hall.
“Letters have also come in from residents requesting that council ban the sale of bottled water at civic facilities and the complex, and not have bottled water at public events we are involved in and or hosting,” said Leishman while introducing the motion at the meeting.
Hathaway said that while she appreciated youth council’s thoughts, city council was being asked to vote on something it had not yet been briefed on by city staff.
City parks, recreation and culture director Ray Boogaards is scheduled to present a report on the issue to council at its meeting on Tuesday, April 18.
“There may be ramifications and we have asked staff for a report,” said Hathaway at the meeting, “so I would prefer to get the report first to see what kind of pitfalls there might be to this action before voting in favour of it.” Palm told council the issue is more complicated than just simply ending the sale of bottled water completely.
“This is a great opportunity for a teachable moment, not just a complete ban,” Palm told the councillors.
“We’re not talking about banning bottled water from outdoor events or from Walmart,” she said.

the ooho!
edible water bubble gets set to replace plastic bottles.
the london-based sustainable packaging start-up want to transfer from simply selling their water bubbles from pop-ups to challenging plastic waste on a global scale, piloting their water bubbles at major sporting events in 2018. ooho!
is a bubble designed by skipping rocks lab that encircles drinking water within an edible membrane made from from a natural seaweed extract.
the team behind ooho!
skipping rocks lab has been founded by RCA and imprerial college london masters graduates in innovation design engineering.
skipping rocks lab intend to pilot ooho!
with a huge 750,000 bottles of water being handed out at the marathon alone, it’s easy to see what an impact the biodegradable bubble will have on plastic waste.
the team at skipping rocks lab—made up of chemists, engineers, designers and business advisors–are continuing to pioneer the use of seaweed in other packaging uses, with a mission to become the leading global producer of seaweed-based packaging.
bubble in london pop-ups

You’ve no doubt heard it before: "L.A.’s water is terrible."
Usually, it’s a transplant throwing the shade, complaining that the water in their [insert home city] is "so much cleaner."
Well, now there’s a little science to throw back at all the L.A. water haters: tap water in Los Angeles is just as clean and healthy — if not better—than bottled water, or filtered water, says the LADWP.
The department’s annual Drinking Water Quality report has been released, detailing the city’s tap water.
What’s more, at half a cent per gallon, it’s a whole lot cheaper, too.
The improved taste and quality of our fair city’s drinking water is a result of a change in how we treat it.
Let’s back up: this is not to say all of Los Angeles’ water is zapped by UV light, or currently goes un-chlorinated or un-ammoniated.
We can say, however, that a second UV light treatment plant will be opening up in Granada Hills by 2020, further changing the ratio.
"LADWP’s major efforts to comply with these regulations include addressing its three remaining open reservoirs, enhancing the city’s water supply disinfection system with UV treatment, and changing the distribution system disinfectant from chlorine to chloramine."
Both chlorine and chloramine are approved disinfectants for use in drinking water by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the California Department of Health."